We interrupt our regularly scheduled post of substance to report this recent medical incident.
I took my first trip to the Emergency Room via ambulance Tuesday morning. On my way to work I was in so much pain that I pulled off the road. Quickly realizing that I could not continue I drove home and immediately dropped to the floor, writhing and wriggling, sweating like nobody’s business. Unable to diagnose the sure problem, my mom-in-law concluded that calling 911 was the best option and I agreed reluctantly. The EMTs arrived shortly thereafter and concluded that I should take the Aid Car to the ER. After a few hours and a CT scan the doctor concluded it was much ado about a kidney stone.
Had I known it was only a kidney stone I would not have ridden in the ambulance nor probably even visited the ER. But it makes for another good medical story as well as another large medical bill.
For those interested, my status is still in the “working things out” stage. The doctor suspects this too shall pass sometime in the next hour to one week.
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Not sure which is more painful - the thought of what you’re going through… or that pun.
I’ll pray that God makes everything work out in the end.
Oh man, I’m sorry. I’ll pray for you.
I had the same experience. I woke up in the middle of the night and had to do the whole ambulance ride routine. I know you don’t want to hear this, but it took me two weeks to pass mine. It was about the size of a pea and looked like coral, very spiky coral. Hope it works out for you.
Trinian, I thought you would have enjoyed the pun.
Drew, thank you.
Jamie, thanks for the “encouragement”? I was actually doing pretty well until I did a Google image search for kidney stones and saw what they look like. Wow. The good news is that mine is supposed to be small, i.e., not the size of a pea. But as you say, we’ll see how it all works out.
Wow i bet that will be just one big ball of enjoyment when it pops out!
Wow…. Steph always has a way with words…
Sorry to hear about your misfortune. On a completely unrelated note I’m subscribing to your blog now - keep it up!
I’m practically speechless…Jeremy Martin has entered the void. Thanks for the sympathy. And related to your unrelated note, I’ve subscribed to your blog now as well, though I’m afraid it’s over my techno head.
Wowsers! You don’t have a heart of stone, Sean, but your kidneys are passing pebbles. Between this and tumbling downhill in the pink helmet is the basis for another music video from the void. I nominate Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone.”